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The giant craters on the Moon are named after the giants of astronomy and science. Blasted out of the Moon’s crust by violent impacts, thousands of gaping pits with steep walls and mountains in their centres bear the names of legends such as Copernicus, Tycho and Kepler. It’s a pretty safe bet that if you flick down any list of names at the back of a book detailing the